2. Do you know each year the Government spends 197 billions of
dollars on health care expenditure and medical expenditure
caused by cigarette smoking? Cigarette smoking also causes
billions of cost in the form of lost productivity and exponentially
spending on smoking by smokers. Smoking related morality
deaths are higher compare to all other dangerous diseases like
Aids, cancers (other than the lungs), TB and diabetes. According
to world health organization, if a current smoking trend continues,
by 2013 smoking related deaths would reach to 8 million including
6000,000 non smokers.
Have a Quick Look at Below Charts for
Smoking Related Statistics
4. What Are the Current Course of Actions
Being Taken By Government?
Government has put a ban on cigarette advertising and prevented
companies to provide any kind of advertisement on radio, TV or
print media. It has also put ban on cigarette companies
sponsoring any kind of public events.
Government increases excise duty on a pack of cigarettes which
has also proved to be a good step in increasing overall revenue
from cigarette and other tobacco products and reducing cigarette
consumptions over the time.
Government supports and assign fund to different organizations
which conduct tobacco control programs from the revenue
generated from tax on tobacco products.
Government also conducts various anti smoking campaign and
force cigarette companies to add a message in form of text or
images explaining the harmfulness of cigarette smoking.
Are These Efforts Sufficient Enough?
Even after these many efforts and ban on cigarette advertising,
different government organizations like WHO and FDA has
reported considerable growth in smoking trends. Other than US,
cigarette smoking being spread quickly among the developing
countries and the young adults are the audience who influenced
most of cigarette smoking. If considerable steps will not be taken
by government, Smoking would become a key issue and it will
become difficult to control in the future.
5. Why E-cigarette, How it helps?
To control the tobacco consumption, E-cigarette can be the most
preferred choice for addicted smokers. For those who don’t know
about E-cigarette, read our post “What Is E-cigarette”. Scientific
and medical research on E-cigarettes has stated than E-
cigarettes are 100% safer than traditional cigarettes and doesn’t
contain any harmful chemicals and toxigenic ingredients like
traditional cigarettes. E-cigarette has a higher success ratio
among smokers who quit cigarette compare to other available
products in the market. AAPHP (American Association of Public
Health Physician) also released a statement in support of E-
cigarette by concluding the possibilities of saving thousands of
adult lives which would may die due to cigarette Smoking.
Try E-cigarette Now For Better Health and
Safety